Of Love and Shadows

Of Love and Shadows, also known as De amor y de sombra, is a 1994 Chilean-Argentine-American drama film written and directed by Betty Kaplan and starring Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Connelly, Stefania Sandrelli and Patricio Contreras. It is based on the 1984 novel of the same name by Isabel Allende.^[1][2]

Of Love and Shadows
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Directed by	Betty Kaplan
Screenplay by	Donald Freed
Based on	Of Love and Shadows by Isabel Allende
Produced by	Richard Goodwin Betty Kaplan Paul Mayersohn
Starring	Antonio Banderas Jennifer Connelly Stefania Sandrelli Camilo Gallardo Diego Wallraff Patricio Contreras
Cinematography	Félix Monti
Edited by	Bill Butler Kathryn Himoff
Music by	José Nieto
Production companies	Aleph Producciones Argentina Española Miramax Films Pandora Cinema
Distributed by	Miramax Films
Release dates	October 7, 1994 (1994-10-07) (Germany) May 10, 1996 (1996-05-10) (USA)
Language	English
Box office	$19,710

Plot

Irene is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Francisco is a handsome photographer and he comes to Irene for a job. As a sympathizer with the underground resistance movement, Francisco opens her eyes and her heart to the atrocities being committed by the state.

Cast

• Antonio Banderas as Francisco
• Jennifer Connelly as Irene
• Stefania Sandrelli as Beatriz
• Diego Wallraff as José
• Camilo Gallardo as Gustavo
• Patricio Contreras as Mario
• Jorge Rivera López as Prof. Leal
• Jacques Arndt as The General

Reception

The film had almost 300,000 admissions in Argentina during 1995.^[3]